A Phase 1 interventional study of TAK-004 and Placebo in Healthy Volunteers, sponsored by Takeda. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-15.
Sponsored by Takeda · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other
This study is the first study with TAK-004 conducted in human beings. Participants will receive either TAK-004 or placebo. The main aim of this study is to learn how safe TAK-004 is in healthy adults and how well participants tolerate one or more doses of TAK-004. Other aims are to learn about the effects of TAK-004 on the heart rate and blood pressure and if TAK-004 creates an immune response (immunogenicity). Another aim is to learn how the body of healthy adults affects TAK-004 (pharmacokinetics).
Participants will receive TAK-004 or placebo via injection just under the skin (subcutaneous injection or SC injection). Depending on the groups participants are assigned to, they will either receive just one dose of TAK-004 or placebo or multiple doses of TAK-004 or placebo while they are in the study. Blood and urine samples will be taken during the study.
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To be eligible for participation in this study, the participant must:
Meet the following birth control requirements:
Is a WONCBP, defined by at least 1 of the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Any participant who meets any of the following criteria will not qualify for entry into the study:
The participant has a history or presence of:
Cardiovascular Exclusion:
Renal Disease Exclusion:
Participants will receive TAK-004 or matching-placebo subcutaneous injection on Day 1 in Cohort S1 using a sentinel dosing scheme in a double-blind manner. After dosing the first two participants in Cohort S1, the investigator will review all available safety and tolerability data up to 24 hours post-dose before dosing the remaining participants in the Cohort S2-S10. Single ascending doses are nominal and may be modified based on emerging safety and available PK data during the study but will have a corresponding dose that does not exceed the maximal defined exposure.
Drug: TAK-004 · Drug: Placebo
Participants will receive TAK-004 (dose to be decided \[TBD\]) or matching-placebo subcutaneous injection, once daily for 5 days (i.e., Day 1 to 5) in each 5 multi-ascending dose cohorts (M1-M5). The dose in Part 2 will be determined at the dose escalation meeting based upon emerging safety, tolerability, and available PK data from Part 1.
Drug: TAK-004 · Drug: Placebo
Participants will receive TAK-004 (TBD) or matching-placebo subcutaneous injection on Day 1 in each single ascending dose expansion cohorts (E1 and E2). Doses will be determined at the dose escalation meeting based on safety, tolerability and available PK data from Parts 1 and 2. Expansion cohort 2 (optional) may be conducted at the sponsor's discretion after reviewing expansion cohort 1 data.
Drug: TAK-004 · Drug: Placebo
TAK-004 subcutaneous injections.
Matching- placebo subcutaneous injections.
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of the study investigational product (IP), whether or not the occurrence is considered related to the study IP. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of the study IP. An untoward finding generally may necessitate therapeutic intervention, require an invasive diagnostic procedure, or require discontinuation or a change in dose of IP or a concomitant medication. Any clinically significant vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG)/telemetry/Holter monitoring, laboratory values will be considered as AEs.
Time frame: From the first dose of study drug up to 60 days
Orthostatic Changes in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) Values From Semi-Recumbent to Standing at 0.5 Hours After First Dose
Time frame: From semi-recumbent to standing at 0.5 hours after first dose (Day 1)
Changes in Semi-Recumbent Heart Rate (HR) Values at 2 Hours After First Dose
Time frame: At 2 hours after first dose (Day 1)
Number of Participants with Antidrug Antibody (ADA) Status
The number participants in each category of the ADA status (ADA-negative or ADA-positive) will be determined in this study. A 3-tiered ADA testing strategy will be used in this study. A Sample will initially be screened for ADA by the ADA screening assay. Any positive sample in the screening assay is considered a potential positive, which will be confirmed for true positivity by the confirmatory assay. If a sample is confirmed as an ADA true positive, ADA titer will be assessed.
Time frame: From the first dose of study drug up to 60 days
Parts 1 and 2: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax ) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose; Part 2: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours at Days 1 and 5 post-dose
Part 1: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to Infinity (AUC0-inf) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose
Parts 1 and 2: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose; Part 2: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours at Days 1 and 5 post-dose
Part 1: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 To Time of The Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC0-last) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose
Parts 1 and 2: Terminal Disposition Phase Half-life (T1/2z) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1). 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Parts 1 and 2: Apparent Clearance After Extravascular Administration (CL/F) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1). 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Parts 1 and 2: Apparent Volume of Distribution During the Terminal Disposition Phase After Extravascular Administration (Vz/F) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose (Day 1). 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-dose; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Part 2: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to tau Over Dosing Interval (AUCtau) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 2: Pre-dose (Day 1), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Part 2: Observed Plasma Concentration at the end of a Dosing Interval (Ctrough) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 2: 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Part 2: Accumulation Ratio Based on AUCtau (Rac[AUC]) After a Single Dose for TAK-004
Rac(AUC) will be calculated as AUCtau on Day 5 divided by AUCtau after a single dose.
Time frame: Part 2: 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Part 2: Accumulation Ratio Based on Cmax (Rac[Cmax]) for TAK-004
Rac(Cmax) will be calculated as Cmax on Day 5 divided by Cmax after a single dose.
Time frame: Part 2: 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 24 hours post-dose at Day 5
Parts 1 and 2: Amount of Drug Excreted in Urine From Time 0 to Time t (Aet) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Day 1; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Parts 1, 2: Amount of Drug Excreted in Urine From Time 1 to Time 2 (Aet1-t2) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Day 1; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Parts 1 and 2: Amount of Drug Excreted in Urine During a Dosing Interval (Aeτ) at Steady State for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Day 1; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Parts 1 and 2: Fraction of Administered Dose of Drug Excreted From Urine From Time 0 to Time t (fe,t) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Day 1; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Parts 1 and 2: Renal Clearance (CLR) for TAK-004
Time frame: Part 1: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Day 1; Part 2: Pre-dose, 0-7, 7-12 and 12-24 hours post-dose at Days 1 and 5
Plan to share: Yes — Takeda provides access to the de-identified individual participant data (IPD) for eligible studies to aid qualified researchers in addressing legitimate scientific objectives (Takeda's data sharing commitment is available on https://clinicaltrials.takeda.com/takedas-commitment?commitment=5). These IPDs will be provided in a secure research environment following approval of a data sharing request, and under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr
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